makan with Beng Hwee from SISS

diary of two teachers

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October 31st 2005
Gee..it's almost a week sharing a room with my colleague, teresa..n thankfully there's no fights, quarrels...etc BUT...it's always a challenge to be the first to be out of bed...for our own professionalism..part of our SOP includes the nightly duty of : -charging the batteries for the camera, phone (it's sms for me n teresa to check on the girls and also for them to reach us) - setting the ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more